Emmett price cakpek and lane strickler patterson



E. P. GABPER AND L. S. PATTERSON.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1913.

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EMME'IT PRICE GARPER AND LANE STEICKLER PATTERSON, OF FORDWICK, VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1918. Serial No. 231,489.

To all who m tt may concern:

Be it known that we, EMMETT P. CARrnR and LANE S. PArTnRsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Fordwick, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to toys, and particularly to the class of rolling toys.

The general object of the invention is to provide a very simple and interesting toy wherein two more or less correlated objects are so mounted upon wheels that they will have a swinging: movement independent of the wheels. upon which they are mounted in the plane of said wheels.

A further object is to provide a construetion of this kindwherein these wheels or rollers may be very simply and cheaply made of elements which may be readily as sembled, and whereby they may be readily connected to a supporting frame.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

Our invention is illustrated in the accoin p anying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of our im proved toy, partly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the construction illustrated in Fig. 1; i Fig. 3 is a vertical section on of Fig. 1; and H Fig. l is a detailed section on the line 4-4; of Fig. 2. p Referring to the drawings, 10 and 11 designate the front and rear wheels respectively which will be made as hereafter described. These front and rearwheels are hollow and are connected by a truck 12. Each of the front and rear wheels are formed of two annular sections of metal, having peripheral flanges which telescope one within the other. The truck or frame 12 is formed of a metallic blank having a middle portion 13 and the oppositely disposed forwardly and rearwardly extending arms 14. The metal at the margins of the blank is bent over as at 15 so as to strengthen these arms and-make them sufliciently rigid. The wheels 10 and the line 3-3 11 are disposed between these arms, and for,

ing and figure supporting yokes 17 formed of wire, this wire being inwardly extended as at 18 into the center of the wheels and engaged in these notches 16. Clips 19 are disposed on the arms, these clips being of sheet metal and U-shaped in form and the clips are disposed upon the inside faces of the arms and then the extremities 20 of the clips are overturned upon the arms. The portions 18 of the yokes are held in the notches 16 by means of these clips, as is evident from Fig. 1.

Each of the yokes 17 is formed, as before remarked, of wire. This length of wire is bent at its middle to form a figure supporting axis 24., then extended downward, then laterally to provide legs embracing the corresponding wheel, then inward as at- 18, as

before described. One of the legs of the yoke, where it extends inward as at 18, is downwardly extended as at 21 and carries at its lower extremity the weight 22; A figure 23 is mounted upon the figure supporting axis 24:, so as to swing thereon and it will be, of course, obvious that the weight 22 will tend to keep the corresponding yoke in a vertical position so that the figure will be supported immediately above the corresponding wheel 10 or 11. Each of the figures 23 is formed with a perforation for the passage of the axis 24:. For the purpose of drawing this device over the ground, we provide the tongue 25, which is formed of twisted wire, the rear extremities of the wire being laterally bent to embrace the forward arms, then inwardly extended and passing through perforations 26' in the forwardly extending arms.

In the use of this device it is drawn over the ground, as before described, and the slight frictional contact between the inwardlyturned portions of each yoke 17 and the wall of the perforation through which the portions 18 pass, causes the corresponding yoke to oscillate. The yoke will move over to a certain extent and then the weight wheel, and this will add to the similitude of motion.

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wardly turned It will be seen that this toy can be very cheaply made and that it is readily assembled. While we do not wish to limit ourselves to this, a bell 27 may be mounted within each wheel and the wheel may be provided with a striker 28, which will strike the bell as the wheel revolves. Any means for sounding the bell may be'used', however, for this purpose.

Attention is particularly called to the action of the pivoted figures in connection with the wheel, as for instance, the wheel 11. When the corresponding yoke 17 is disposed vertically above the wheel, the figure will be evenly balanced so that the legs of the figure will not touch the-wheel, but when the yoke is shifted rearward by the oscillation of theweight 22, the forward end of the figure will tend to move downward relative to the periphery of the wheel and contact therewith, so as to have frictional engagement therewith, and thus the figure will be again carried forward until it reaches its vertical position, when this frictional engagement will be released. Thus the tendency of the figures tooscillate through relatively large arcs is increased by pivotally mounting the figures 23 upon the axes 24.

Havingdescribed our invention, what we' claim is:

l. A toy of the character described comprising forward and rear wheels, yokes havingportions extending through the centers of the wheels, a weight disposed within each wheel and connected to the yoke below its axis, and a figure pivotally mounted upon each yoke adjacent the periphery of the wheel.

2. A toy of the character described including a frame having draft applying means, a yoke having portions embracing the wheel and extending into the wheel at the center thereof, the yoke carrying a weight within the wheel disposed'below the axis'thereof, said yoke acting to rotatably connect the wheel with the frame, and afigure pivoted upon theyoke adjacent the periphery of the wheel for movement in the plane of the wheel.

3. In a toy of thecharacter described, a

supporting frame having draft applying means, the frame having arms which are upwardly notched, a yoke having legs embracing thewheel, the legs having inwardly turned portions passing through said notches and through the axis of. the wheel, and U-shaped clips through which said inportions of' the yoke pass,

the ends of" the clips being bent over upon the arms of the supporting frame to hold the yoke in place uponthe frame.

4'. A toy of the character described including a supporting frame having arms, a

' wheel disposed between said arms and rotatably connected thereto, the wheel being composed of two sections having telescopic engagement with each other.

5. A toy of the character described comprising forward and rear wheels of sheet metal, each of said wheels being composed of two sections having peripheral flanges telescoping into each other, a frame having oppositely disposed pairs of arms embracingthe respective wheels, the frame being made of sheetmetal, the arms being notched, a yoke for each'wheel having legs embracing the wheel, the legs being inwardly turned and passing. through said notches, one of the legsbeing' then downwardly extended and carrying a weight, a figure pivotall'y mounted upon each yoke above but adjacent to the corresponding wheel, and U-shaped clipsholding the yokes in engagementwitlr the arms of the frame, said clips having their extremities turned over upon the frame.

6. A toy of'the cliaracterdescribed comprising front and rear hollow sheet metal wheels, a connecting frame formed of a sheet metal. blank and formed to provide longitudinally extending pairs of forward and rear sheet metal" arms, the metal at the margins'of the blank beingbent upon itself to provide a plurality of plies of metal extending'thefull length of the blank to thereby strengthen t-he arms, theextremities of the arms being upwardly notched, and yokes, one for each wheel, having legs extending down' on each side of the corresponding wheel, the legs being inwardly bent, extending through said notches and through the center of the wheel, one of the legs being then extended" downward and connected to a weight, each of said yokes having an upwardly arched middle portion above the wheel, a figure swingingly mounted upon the archedportion ofeach yoke and adjacent to the wheel, and a tongue pivotally connected to the forward end of the frame.

Intestimony where f we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EMMETTQPRICE CARPER. LANE STRIOKLER PATTERSON- Witnesses:

CHAs. E. BLACK, F. G. BoRDEN,

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